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As an education researcher, I’ve spent more than 15 years conducting nearly 800 meta-analyses of 50,000 studies focused on student learning. The result, which I call Visible Learning, is about […]
Serving meals in schools has changed dramatically over the last few decades. Many students suffer food allergies, and others don’t have enough money in their lunch account. With the latest […]
DES MOINES, Iowa Ñ The multicolored poles standing sentry outside Des Moines Public Schools’ Findley Elementary may not look like a show of force. But such unusual works of art […]
Forrest Claypool, a top aide to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, was named CEO of Chicago Public Schools in July. Previous CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennet resigned in June amid a federal investigation […]
Schools are the center of the community and when schools are transformed in positive ways, communities are transformed. The continued rise of poverty is not surprising when policies and practices […]
Although the country is becoming increasingly diverse, our schools remain racially and economically segregated. High poverty schools with large proportions of students of color often have less experienced teachers, more […]
Improving the writing skills of all 6,500 students emerged as a top priority for the administrators of Mississippi’s Gulfport School District beginning in fall 2014. “We needed a resource that […]
English-language learners now comprise more than five percent of Cincinnati’s school populationÑwhich has grown more than 500 percent in the past five years. The third largest district in Ohio, Cincinnati […]
Like most districts, increasing the graduation rate is a top priority in the School District of Palm Beach County. And with 187 schools and 183,000 students, the Florida district has […]